Caption:Worker cleans piles of alpaca wool in a brick warehouse in El Alto, Bolivia. On arrival the wool is cleaned by hand and then transported to the factory for processing. The Bolivians and their ancestors have used the wool of the aplaca to clothe themselves for hundreds of years. The wool is now shipped all over the world because of its softness and quality of its fiber.

Alpaca Wool Factory, El Alto, Bolivia

Worker cleans piles of alpaca wool in a brick warehouse in El Alto, Bolivia. On arrival the wool is cleaned by hand and then transported to the factory for processing. The Bolivians and their ancestors have used the wool of the aplaca to clothe themselves for hundreds of years. The wool is now shipped all over the world because of its softness and quality of its fiber.

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